The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-08

I0o 0otUs~s 49,
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what ne discovery Of natural gss will
w. 49, Z communisy = Sentinel reporterl
ma morning Illustrates. ny describing
49, .fI.ct upon Hartford Civ. where tho
reonle Are promptly taking advantage of
I golden opportunity. How this gas.
~hich a rapidlv becoming the mosi I'M
cors.n, factor III the industrial affairs OIL
,his state. h generated. whence u comes
ana ~ what regions II extends. are prob
,ems thai the scientific men Of the DAY
have not vet s0lvei We only know
thai Il seems now confined 10 stretch of|
country from Western Pennsvlvania tnl
Northern and Middle Indiana, aud that
there seems % be enough 81 Il 10 10 the
manufacturing hu-iuess q. the world
There Il plenty of time for the geologists
and chemists "a put their heads sogeth'r
The fret gss taken from the well and
made I merchantshie commodity WAS IN
Ora v ford County. Pennsslvania, ia 1872.
In 1878 the second large gas well was
developed IN Butler County. In badh
instances the gas WAS found ~ much
greater depth than il il found in Ohio
aud Iniians. Professor Orion. the State
Geoiogisf ~ Ohio. says that not one foot
az ras has been discovered west Of PENN
syivania that Was not fcnnd in the 'ren-
ton limestone. and ~ no point below
more than 400 feet below sea level. The
ga< seems Ia accumulate in the upper
most ,iome@ at the Trenton limestone.
II IL = fact thai. in many points In Ohio
and Indians where gas has. been found.
OF . group Of wells sunk In the same
pei0hborhood the one that struck Tren-
Ton limestone NJ the highest elevation
found an abundance Of gas, while it,
ueighboss were less successful This
rock is usually porous. though not al
WAYS 50. a. Ia the case Of well sunk by
the gas company IN Indianapolis. where
The rock was hard. aud there was IN con-
seonence no flow. The Trenton rock,
however. was struck At depth Of 98u
feet. and the ledge was over thirty iees
IN thickness. TIE point where this well
was sunk il ONLY 720 feet above ser
level. aud Il is believed that the highest
pojnt above sea-Ievel il the most likely
10 furnish . supply Hartford City il
about 9sO feet above sea-ievel, and struck
oas a. 9s4 feet: Muacie il about go feet
ahovr the sea-level. and struck gas Al
lou feet; Kokomo. which is s39 feet
above sea-levei. struck gas at $40 feet
Eobiesville. which h 40 feet above sea
level. struck gas Al $50 feet. There are
points IL the vicinity Of indianapolis
and TO the north, which are over 800 feet
above the sea-level. aud II IL believed
these points are the best for making ex'
periments-
The importance Of the discovery and
use OF gas j. shown bS the fact that nc
less sum than $50 c0o.uOO 10 now In
vested ia natural gas plants In Pennsyl
vania. mostl, la the vicinity Of Pitts
burg. The total amount Of pipe now y
use in the Piti~burg district j. I.226 &c.
feet. and 600 miles 81 service pipe have
been laid in the the city Of Pittsburg.
The astounding cheapness Of the ga
fuel as compared with coal il shown b,
our Hartford City correspondent. wh'
tells us that ia the case Of certain firu
or Philadelphia saw manufacturers. VII
now spend S60OOUO . year for Goa
they could come 10 Hartford City, sink
wet! on their own account for 81 2Ol
and supply themselves with fuel ~
cost no greater than the per cenl
interest on q 200 In other words
they could reduce their fuel expense
from SoO0OO0 year to t72. On
correspondent may well say. there
fore, that fuel At Hartford City j. q
cheap a. air. The Hartford City peopl
seem to bs proceeding in = liberal -piri
for they are offering fuel 20 manuiacit
rers for long periods without charg'
This action j. eIninently sagacions, an
demonstrates that the people have u
true interests OF their city NJ heart. An
ii may be suggested In passing that q
prosperity Of these towns where na'ur
gas has been found can only be jeopa
died ~ . selfish policy. The thing 4
them al 70 Do il 70 do as Hartford O.
has done make liberal concessions q
advertise them 10 the world.